The Historian Records, But The Novelist Creates.

Life - No, I've Nothing To Teach You About It For The Moment. May Be Writing About It Another Week.

The King Died And Then The Queen Died Is A Story. The King Died, And Then Queen Died Of Grief Is A Plot.

Of Course He Despised The World As A Whole; Every Thoughtful Man Should; It Is Almost A Test Of Refinement.

No One Is More Triumphant Than The Man Who Chooses A Worthy Subject And Masters All Its Facts.

For Our Vanity Is Such That We Hold Our Own Characters Immutable, And We Are Slow To Acknowledge That They Have Changed, Even For The Better.